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Pope Francis received in private audience seminarians and formators of the “Apostle James” Inter-Diocesan Seminary Photo: Vatican Media

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21-Year-Old Leaves the World of Weights for the Priesthood: From Weightlifting Champion to the Seminary

“I cannot say that sometimes I was a practicing Catholic,” he said. “I went to Mass on Sundays, but I never went to Adoration. I really did not pray the Rosary. I went to one of those schools that was somewhat Catholic in name . . . So, in reality, I alienated myself from the faith when I arrived at Northern [University]”.